21
April 2005 World Series by Renault
Official Test Paul Ricard, 20 April 2005

WORLD
SERIES: READY TO RACE IN ZOLDER

Markus
Winkelhock (Draco Multiracing USA) has demolished the World Series
by Renault lap record at the Paul Ricard HTTT Circuit, putting in
an impressive lap time during the morning session of 113.813.

At
the end of two days at Paul Ricard, the 30 entered teams in the
World Series by Renault have completed almost 38,000 kilometres
of pre-season testing with the new, 425bhp Formula Renault 3.5.
Having succeeded in solving some initial technical problems, the
drivers, representing 16 different countries, are now ready to race
in Zolder!

The reliability of the cars and equality among the drivers have
far exceeded expectations. A new record in Bugatti at Le Mans (Valles),
a new record for the category in Valencia (Porteiro), and again,
a new record at Paul Ricard.

Latest
WSR news is that the Pons Racing team has unveiled their new car
livery today, with the colours of Repsol and Telefonica, two big
companies that are heavily involved in the high tech single-seater
categories.

The
best lap set by Matteo Meneghello has not been officially published,
as it has been proved that the driver cut one of the chicanes.